DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. PD-1879-06.

273 S.W.3d 685 (2008)

Maria DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori O. Rodriguez, Asst. Public Defender, San Antonio, for appellant.

Daniel Thornberry, Asst. Crim. D.A., San Antonio, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., for state.


WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The trial court admitted into evidence a co-defendant's testimonial statement for the purpose of impeaching another out-of-court statement of that co-defendant. We hold that this did not violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment under Crawford v. Washington.1

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